Poem Analysis of Raised To Express by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Raised To Express that begins with:

So innocent then,
Were my public aggressions! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: ABCDEF EEG CbF EEGhCbFD ABCDEF EEGhCbF hCbF eDXEgeed
Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,3,8,6,7,4,8,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 11001 0110010 1100001 111010100 010100 01101 1001 11001 0101110 0111 0 101111111 1001 11001 0101110 1 0111 0 101111111 1111011100 11001 0110010 1100001 111010100 010100 01101 1001 11001 0101110 1 0111 0 101111111 1 0111 0 101111111 1001101101 1111011100 1001 01111110 1010100 1 111011100
Amount of stanzas: 9
Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
Average number of words per stanza: 20
Amount of lines: 44
Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, to are repeated.
The poet repeated the same words me, destiny at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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Raised To Express by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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